This blog is about learning how to coupon the Army Way. Since we have the Commissary at our disposal I want to SHOW you how you can save at the maximum capacity. It takes being creative and thrifty in order to get our money's worth these days and as Army spouses we are all about that!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

New Commissary Shopping Trip

So, ladies and gents, I went on a small grocery trip yesterday to the North Post Commissary on Fort Bragg. For it being a middle of the payday trip, there were TONS of people there. I think others are catching on pay day is not the time to go there at all. I had a list of things I was going to get and my goal in this trip was NO overages other than one that I used. Listed below is my haul and what I paid. Slim Jim Beef Jerky3 Duncan Hines Cake Mix2 Large Bags of David Sunflower Seeds1 Marinade Mix3 Old El Paso Taco Seasoning Packets1 Toliet Paper2 Nutro Dog Food3 Arm and Hammer Dryer Sheets (THIS IS THE MISTAKE I FOUND AFTER***)1 Aluminum Foil 37.5 Feet1 Glad Febreeze Trash Bags3 Lunchables w/ Fruit1 Lunchable Sub2 Tylenol Precise Patches1 Kandoo Wipes1 Ivory 3 pack bar soap1 Philadelphia Cream Cheese Mixer I got all of this for $23.92 after my qs. I received alot of free or almost free items and everything I bought had a coupon except for the toliet paper. I have a mission for the month of July to start stocking up on paper goods with my overages because of the fact that I need certain items more than others. Toliet paper happens to be one of those :) I was looking over my receipt just now posting this and realized that the Commissary made a mistake on my receipt. I was charged for three Arm and Hammer Laundry items instead of two. I am going to take it back up there today to see if they will adjust it because I know for sure my coupon said 1.00 off any two Arm and Hammer Items. I could have bought the Baking Soda and only paid .12 but this is one of those instances when nearly free didn't work for me, I needed Dryer Sheets. I believe that you need to buy what you have coupons for because you NEED an item. The dryer sheets were 1.69 each so I bought two making it 3.38 minus the 1.00 q making it 2.38 which breaks down into 1.19 each. It's not free as I said but they were the larger ones with over 100 sheets each so I will pay a little over a penny for each in order for my clothes not to be static filled. This was another trip that I am doing in order to prove that you do not have to use overages only at the Commissary. It is fun to go in there with a 20.00 bill for example and see what you can get. I believe I am going to do a series on what will 10.00 buy??? Wouldn't that be a fun topic!

Coupon Lifeline

I am a 37 year old Army wife who just began the coupon adventure in June of 2005. I am an Army Veteran myself but after my husband being out of the Navy for over ten years wanted to go back in the military. So, here we go!